Wärtsilä appoints Nora Steiner-Forsberg as Executive Vice President, Legal and Compliance, and a member of the Wärtsilä Board of Management.

Kari Hietanen will continue as a member of the Board of Management as Executive Vice President, Public Affairs and Sustainability.

Wärtsilä has appointed Nora Steiner-Forsberg (50), LLM, Master of European Law (College of Europe), as Executive Vice President, Legal and Compliance, and a member of the Wärtsilä Board of Management.

Ms Steiner-Forsberg joins Wärtsilä from Fortum, where she currently holds the position of Executive Vice President, Legal. She is a member of the Fortum Leadership Team and General Counsel of the company. Prior to Fortum, Ms Steiner-Forsberg worked at leading law firms in Helsinki and Brussels. Ms Steiner-Forsberg has wide experience in international business, and she is an experienced leader of legal and compliance professionals.

Ms Steiner-Forsberg will start in her role latest on April 1, 2025.

“I warmly welcome Nora to the Wärtsilä team and to our exciting journey in the energy and marine industries. We will benefit greatly from her experience in the energy sector as well as from her extensive expertise in the legal fields relevant to Wärtsilä,” says Håkan Agnevall, President & CEO of Wärtsilä Corporation.

As Wärtsilä is shaping the decarbonisation of the marine and energy industries, public affairs and sustainability continue to grow in strategic significance for the company. To further strengthen the focus in these areas, Kari Hietanen, who is currently serving as Executive Vice President, Corporate Relations and Legal Affairs, will assume the role as Executive Vice President, Public Affairs and Sustainability and continue as a member of the Board of Management.